1st to Die
Lindsay, Claire, Cindy and Jill hunt a honeymoon killer terrorizing San Francisco.
2,536-word summary · 11 min read
Tag: suspense
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The Wife Between Us
A jealous ex-wife stalks her replacement, but nothing in this marriage is what it seems.
2,756-word summary · 12 min read
The Lost Apothecary
A hidden 1791 apothecary poisons cruel men, and two centuries later an historian uncovers her trail.
2,691-word summary · 12 min read
Into the Water
A drowning pool, eleven narrators, and sisters divided in Hawkins's murky second thriller.
2,598-word summary · 12 min read
Hunting Adeline
Trafficked and caged, Adeline fights back while Zade tears the underworld apart to find her.
2,730-word summary · 12 min read
Too Late
Sloan is trapped with drug lord Asa until undercover Luke offers a way out.
2,958-word summary · 13 min read
The Pelican Brief
Law student Darby Shaw writes a brief on murdered justices and becomes a target, fleeing with a reporter.
2,994-word summary · 13 min read
The Family Upstairs
Libby Jones inherits a Chelsea mansion and a past tied to a cult house, two runaways, and a baby left waiting.
3,300-word summary · 15 min read
The Client
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway learns a mob secret in Memphis and hires lawyer Reggie Love for one dollar.
2,536-word summary · 11 min read
Rock Paper Scissors
Amelia and Adam spend a locked anniversary weekend at Blackwater Chapel, trading letters that hide who wrote what.
3,135-word summary · 14 min read
Pretty Girls
Estranged sisters Claire and Lydia reunite after a murder exposes snuff films, their sister Julia's fate, and a killer near Lydia's daughter.
2,498-word summary · 11 min read
Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine guests enter Tranquillum House for ten days while director Masha hides smoothies and motives.
2,313-word summary · 10 min read